Ancient Edgpt

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Chaldeans

612 ~ 532 BCE

Chaldeans

Ruled by King Nebuchadnezzar

Chaldeans

Known for astronomy and math

Chaldeans

Known for the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Assyrians

1,200 ~ 612 BCE

Assyrians

A military empire with advanced weapons

Assyrians

Created a large library at Ninevah

Assyrians

One ruler was Ashurbanipal

Hitties

1,900 ~ 1,200 BCE

Hitties

Had Indo-European language

Hitties

used light chariot

Hitties

First to smelt iron

Hitties

Leegal code similar to but more forgiving than Hammurabi’s

Hitties

Anatolia (modern day turkey)

Babglonians (Babylon)

1,800 ~ 1,500 BCE

Babglonians (Babylon)

Babylon was their main city

Babglonians (Babylon)

Hammurabi’s law code written on stele

Akkadians (Akkad)

2,300 ~ 2,100 BCE

Akkadians (Akkad)

Sargon defeated Sumer’s king to create the first empire

Akkadians (Akkad)

Akkadian became their language

Sumer

3,000 ~ 2,000 BCE

Sumer

First to develop a civilization in Mesopotamia

Sumer

created a wheel, plow, sail

Sumer

writing known as cuneiform

Sumer

organized in city-states

Sumer

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